Improvement in harvesters



UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

rEoK, or sAN JosE, cALiEoENiA.4

IMPROVEMENT IN HARVESTERS.

pecication forming part of Letters Patent No. 27,151, dated February 14,1860.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Beit known that I, E. PEGK, of San Jos, in the county of Santa Clara andState of Galifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Harvesting-Machines; and I do hereby declare that the followingis afull, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had tothe annexed drawings, making a part of this speciiication, in which-Figure l is a side sectional view of my invention, taken in the line xfr, Fig. 3. Fig. 2 is a detached back View of the back wheels ot' themachine with the racks and drivers stand attached. Fig. 3 is a plan ortop view of the whole machine.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

To enable others skilled in the art to fully understand and construct myinvention, I will proceed to describe it.

A represents a rectangular frame, which is mounted on two wheels, B B.To the front end of this frame A a finger-bar, a, is attached, said barbeing provided with fingers b, as usual, in which a reciprocatingsickle, c, works, the sickle having saw-shaped teeth and being operatedby a crank, d, connecting-rod e, attached to a slide ,f, to which theend of the sickle is connected. (See Fig. 3.) The shaft g of the crank drecelves its motion from the traction-wheel B through the medium ofgearing k t', the gear-wheel It being permanently attached to the wheelB, and the pinion i placed loosely on the shaft g, and connected withit, when desired, by a clutch, j, plainly shown in Fig. 3.

On the frame A an inclined endless apron, G, is placed. This apron maybe made of any suitable textile fabric, and it extends from the backpart of the linger-bar a nearly to the back end of the frame A,sufficient space being allowed for atransverse endless apron, D whichhas a horizontal and an inclined portion. The horizontal portion lrextends the width of `the frame A, and the inclined portion Z projectsbeyond the side of the frame A at its back part. The apron D is made towork in the desired form by having its edges fitted beneath ledges m,attached to the inner side ofthe apron-box E. The back part of the apronC projects over the front side'of the apron D, as shown in Fig. 1. Theendless aprons 0 and D move in the direction indicated by the redarrows. The aprons are both operated from the tractionwheel B by thefollowing means. To the wheel B a toothed wheel, n, is attached. Thewheel u gearsinto a pinion, o, which is placed loosely on a shaft, F,said shaft being placed transversely in the frame A below the apron C.The pinion o is connected with the shaft F, when desired, by a clutch,19, shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3. On one end of the shaft F abevel-wheel, q, is placed. and this w heel gears into a correspondingwheel, r, on the shaft of which a pulley, s, is placed. Around thepulley ra belt. t, passes, said belt also passing around apulley, u, onone end ofthe upper roller of the inclined portion Zot' the apron D.(See. Figs. l and 3.) 0n one end of the shat'tF a pulley, o, is placed,said pulley having a belt, to, passing around it, which belt also'passes around a pulley, a', on the upper roller of the apron C. (SeeFigs. l and 3.)

0n the front part of the frame A there are two upright's, h' h', one ateach'side. These uprights are perforated and support at differentheights, as may be desired, inclined bars c c', the back ends of whichare connected by joints to the box G of the apron G, the bars beingsupported by pins passing through either of the perforations of theuprights h It. Between the outer ends of the bars c c' the shaft d' ot'the reel H is placed and allowed to rotate freely. The reel His providedwith curved or spiral beaters e', and as the reel rotates the beaterspass just above the sickle c and ngers b. The reel H is driven by abelt, j", fronr, the pulley c on shatt F, said pulley having a doublegroove.

To the axle I of the wheels'B B the front end of a horizontal bar orperch, J, is attached byjoints, the front end of said bar or perch beingforked, as shown clearly by the dotted lines in Fig. 3. The bar or perchJ extends somev distance back of the frame A, and the back end of theperch is supported by two wheels, K K, the whole being secured by aking-bolt, g', to the axle L of said wheels.

To the axle L a semicircular rack, It, is attached, and a pinion, i',gears into said rack. The pinion fi', is atV thc lower end of a verticalrod or shaft, j', which has levers or hand-wheel k on its upper end. Tothe back end of the perch J a drivers stand or platform, l, is attached.

To the back part of the perch J two vertical racks, m' m', areattach-ed, between which the rod or shaltj is fitted, and also twospringplates, n n', which are attached to the back end of a lever, o.The lever o has its ful- Crum-pin p passing through an upright, q', on

perch J, and its front end is attached to two levers, als', which areconnected with the rods t of the clufchesj p.

The operation is as fellows: As the machine is shoved or propelled alongbythe team, which is behind the frame A, the heads oi' the grain are cutby the sickle c, operated b v the means hereinbefore described, thebeaters e of the reel forcing the heads against the teeth of the sickle.The heads of grain are carried up by the apron (l and deposized on theapron D,the latter conveying them into a wagon-body which is drawn alongby the side of the machine, and underneath the inclined portieri Z 0fthe apron D. The sickle c and linger-bar a. are raised and lowered so asto suit the height of the standing grain by adjusting the lever o',

the spring-plates u n retaining the lever o n the desired position, inconsequence of catching into the racks mm. The aprons C D and also thedriving device ot' the sickle c may be thrown in and out of gearsimultaneously by actuating the clutchesjp through the medium of thelever N. The machine is turned and guided by means of the rod orshaftj', pinion and semicircular rack h', arranged as shown. As thedriver stands on the platform l the spring-plates n n of the lever o andthe lever N are within his reach, and may be operated or adjusted withfacility.

I do not claim placing the team behind the sickle or cutting-device, forthis has been previously done. Neither do I claim broadlyguiding themachine by having the axles of the back wheels arranged to turn on aking-bolt or pivot, for this has also been done; but,

Having` thus described my invention, what I do claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

The arrangementoi' the vertical rod j', racks m m', lever N,spring-plates a u', rods 0 o', perch J, apron-box E, axle I, andclutchesjp, as and for the purposes herein shown and described.

I. B. MANNY, D. J. PORTER.

